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The Children of the Sky Image
The Children of the Sky (Science Fiction) 85(4)
Published by Tor Books on October 11, 2011
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 80
...somehow, the novel works. [...] Vinge perhaps takes us the long way round, but we are back to A Fire Upon the Deep's mosaic of different intelligences and mindsets.
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Mr. Fox (Fantasy) 60(1)
Published by Riverhead Hardcover on September 29, 2011
First Published by Picador in 2011
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 60
Helen Oyeyemi is a writer who understands the ambiguity of wit and the darkness of glamor.
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The King of the Elves (The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Book 1) Image
The King of the Elves (The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Book 1) (Science Fiction) 80(3)
Published by Subterranean on December 31, 2010
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 80
It contains some of Dick's best stories, and it is worth recalling how early some of these stories are, how quickly Dick was advancing science fiction as a literature of ideas rather than gimmicks.
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The Restoration Game (Science Fiction) 71(7)
Published by Orbit on July 01, 2010
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 60
Ken MacLeod is one of our best exponents of near-future thrillers, and this is certainly a good one.
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Yukikaze (Science Fiction) 80(1)
Published by VIZ Media LLC on January 19, 2010
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 80
...not only is Yukikaze well-written, with touches of humour I did not expect, it is seriously and intelligently thought-provoking.
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And Another Thing... (Science Fiction) 67(7)
Published by Hyperion on October 12, 2009
First Published by Harper Collins USA in 2009
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 60
It is, as Mark Lawson notes, a successful pastiche to the extent that it even reads like a Douglas Adams outtake--but an outtake from the novels.
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The Apex Book of World SF Image
The Apex Book of World SF (Science Fiction) 70(2)
Published by Apex Publications on November 01, 2009
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 80
This is the most exciting anthology I have read since the SFWA European Hall of Fame. May there be more such.
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Grazing the Long Acre (Science Fiction) 80(1)
Published by PS Publishing on September 15, 2009
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 80
Grazing the Long Acre is a rich, rewarding collection by a writer at the height of her powers.
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Spook City (Horror) 80(1)
Published by PS Publishing on November 01, 2009
First Published by PS Publishing in 2009
  
Strange Horizons Review Rating: 80
[...] one of the underlying strengths of Spook City is the very different ways using the dark fantastic to explore the uneasy spirit of a place can be brought into being.
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